This morning our beloved dog and friend, Bear, was sent to Doggy Heaven. We have all been very sad this morning. Easton especially is crushed. My heart shattered to watch my boy say good bye to his dog. Bear was a great dog to our family. The kids always had so much fun with him. Just this past week, they figured out how to cage him up in the rabbit gate to climb on for a ride, then they would open the gate much like a bull ridder or a mutton buster. Justin and I were laughing so hard watching all this take place. They have done so much to that dog and Bear never reacted. We will miss him deeply.
Easton wishes to say "Bear was a fun dog, I love him so much."
Scout says, "Please Bear, play with me and please don't die for me and don't bark at me. You are the best, I love you forever and ever and ever."
Kallee said, "Kayee.....?...?...."
There has truly been a learning experience for everyone. It has been a great opportunity to reinforce the things we teach the kids about the gospel. That Bears has returned to his Heavenly Father and we will see him again some day. Also we have learned how morbid we are as a family. When we told Scout the Bear had died she asked, "Are we going to hang him up?" At first I didn't understand. Then Justin explained to me that all the animals (deer, elk, and cows) that have died in our lives have hung from loaders or trees, then we take them home and eat them. She was making the connection. She also made the comment that she didn't want to eat Bear. Easton said, "We don't eat dogs!" Oh Man! I'm not quite sure how do feel about that. I just hope we have not scared our children for life.
5 comments:
I am sorry for your loss. Losing a beloved pet is not easy. I love Scout's comments, too cute.
Wow, I am so sad. My kids are going to be devestated. They loved him! I hope that you guys get another one soon. You are definitely a dog family.
I so sorry to hear that your dog died that I almost cried for real, but then I read the things your kids said about hanging him up and than I really did cry cause I was laughing so hard. You have such a cute family, im sure they will end up alright, we all did. RIGHT???
I was so sad reading this post. We lost our dog "Butkis" when Ty was just 5 days old and I don't think that I would have been able to write about it for a couple of days. We were all so sad. Then when you were talking about them saying bye to him, reminded me when Cole was saying bye to our dog. It is just so sad, and it is times like this that I ask myself why we have pets because they will all eventually die. I have to remind myself that those sad days only last for a little while, but all of the days of fun times with our pets are many. It is great to have the gospel in our lives for times like this. It is what I used with Cole when our dog died. Our hearts go out to you all. We miss y'all tons and hope to get to Utah soon to see everyone. Tell Justin hi for us.
So sad! I hope the kids are okay. Sounds like a good teaching moment though.
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